Rule 12 LPDC Rules 2020

Rule 12 of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) Rules 2020 is about Hearing day and service of notice, etc. It provides as follows:

(1) On the direction of the Chairman/Presiding member of a Panel the Secretary shall fix a day for the hearing of the Originating Application and shall serve notice thereof on each party to the proceedings.

(2) The notice of hearing may be served either personally or by registered post or by courier service to the office or residence or to the last known place of abode of each party to the proceedings, or by e-mail to his e-mail address.
In the case of the legal practitioner against whom an Application has been brought, by registered post or by courier service to his principal place of business or his last known place of abode, or by publication of the notice of hearing in
a national newspaper with wide circulation in Nigeria or to his e-mail address.
The service by publication in a newspaper shall not be vitiated by reason that
the publication relates to or concerns any other legal practitioner listed therein.

(3) Where a party to the proceedings is represented by a counsel, service of any process meant for the party may be effected on the counsel in the manner herein provided, and such service shall be deemed to be good and sufficient.

(4) The notice shall be in the form set out in the Schedule hereto and there shall be at least 15 days between the service of any such notice and the day fixed for hearing.

(5) Except where service is by publication in a national newspaper, the Secretary shall serve on every party, the notice of hearing and the Originating Application by the applicant forwarded to the Disciplinary Committee. For the purposes of subsequent hearing mere notices will be sufficient.

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